 | David Hume - Economics - 1760 - 314 pages
...with which he is furrounded; and in all attempts for his freedom, chufes rather to work upon the ftone and iron of the one, than upon the inflexible nature of the other. The fame prifoner, when conducted to the fcaffold, forefees his death as certainly from the conftancy and... | |
 | David Hume - 1809 - 556 pages
...the walls and bars with which he is surrounded ; and, in all attempts for his freedom, chuses rather to work upon the stone and iron of the one, than upon...The refusal of the soldiers to consent to his escape 5 the action of the executioner ; the separation of the head and body ; bleeding, convulsive motions,... | |
 | David Hume - 1817 - 380 pages
...the walls and bars with which he is surrounded ; and in all attempts for his freedom chooses rather to work upon the stone and iron of the one, than upon...consent to his escape, the action of the executioner ; the separation of the head and body; bleeding, convulsive motions, and death. Here is a connected... | |
 | David Hume - 1826 - 628 pages
...the walls and bars with which he is surrounded; and, in all attempts for his freedom, chooses rather to work upon the stone and iron of the one, than upon...consent to his escape ; the action of the executioner; the separation of the head and body; bleeding, convulsive motions, and death. Here is a connected chain... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophy - 1826 - 592 pages
...the walls and bars with which he is surrounded; and in all attempts for his freedom, chooses rather to work upon the stone and iron of the one, than upon...The same prisoner, when conducted to the scaffold, fore- SECT. sees his death as certainly from the constancy and fide- -^-' lity of his guards, as from... | |
 | Thomas Tully Crybbace - Causation - 1829 - 348 pages
...walls and bars with which he is surrounded; and in all his attempts for his freedom, chooses rather to work upon the stone and iron of the one than upon...the constancy and fidelity of his guards as from the operations of the axe and wheel. His mind runs over a certain train of ideas; the refusal of the soldiers... | |
 | Thomas Tully Crybbace - Causation - 1829 - 348 pages
...walls and bars with which he is surrounded ; and in all his attempts for his freedom, chooses rather to work upon the stone and iron of the one than upon...death as certainly from the constancy and fidelity of bis guards as from the operations of the axe and wheel. His mind runs over a certain train of ideas... | |
 | Thomas Tully Crybbace - Causation - 1829 - 344 pages
...walls and bars with which he is surrounded ; and in all his attempts for his freedom, chooses rather to work upon the stone and iron of the one than upon...inflexible nature of the other. The same prisoner, when eonducted to the scaffold, foresees his death as certainty from the constancy and fidelity of his guards... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - Will - 1843 - 428 pages
...walls and bars with which he is surrounded; and in all his attempts for his freedom, chooses rather to work upon the stone and iron of the one, than upon the inflexible nature of the other." This remark of Mr. Hume is an important one, and, without question, is essentially correct. Undoubtedly... | |
 | David Hume - Philosophy - 1854 - 572 pages
...the walls and bars with which he is surrounded ; and in all attempts for his freedom, chooses rather to work upon the stone and iron of the one, than upon...consent to his escape ; the action of the executioner ; the separation of the head and body, bleeding, convulsive motions, and death. Here is a connected... | |
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A prisoner who has neither money nor interest, discovers the impossibility of his escape, as well when he considers the obstinacy of the gaoler, as the walls and bars with which he is surrounded; and, in all attempts for his freedom, chooses rather to... 
